EPILOGUE

The sky was dark and lightning struck as he walked out to the balcony of his twisted castle. Wearing black armor that covered every part of his body, and eyes red as blood, he looked over his army and frowned. His soldiers cheered as their king looked at them from his balcony. He raised an arm, and they were silent.

"The time for us to rule this land has finally come! Today, this land shall be under a new rule, my rule!"

His men cheered, raising their weapons, which were swords, shields and spears. He raised his hand again, and they were silent.

"Crush any and all who would dare oppose my rule." he said. As he left the balcony, his men cheered even louder and marched out.

A stringy, gaunt looking servant approached him. In comparison of height, the stringy man was 5 feet, and his king was 8.

"Yes sire? You called for my faction of expeirments?" he gave a crooked smile.

"There are still those who will oppose my will. I want you to send some of your best assassins to these places: Konohagekare, Sunagakure, these two villages will be my examples to the world of the fate of those would should dare oppose me."

"But sire...with the others still alive, it is possible they could launch a successful strike and weaken the empire."

As his lord turned to look at him, he regretted those words. His lords face was covered by a large helmet, but he could feel him staring at him in anger. He walked up to him, and back-hand slapped him with his hand. The servant flew and landed hard on the marble floor. He walked up to him and grabbed his throat, lifting him in the air.

"Never, ever, assume that my mighty empire, will ever fall to such weaklings." he threw him to the ground,"Get out of my sight."

The servant dashed out of the throne room, almost falling down the stairs in his escape. He called in another servant.

"Yes my lord?"

"I've been hearing rumors of a very secretive group of...ninja are they called? Their organization is called Akatsuki, and it is said to have members who've slaughtered villages. I want a group of our best assassins to find and eliminate this group. Failure is not an option, you know the consequences."

"Yes my lord." the servant said walking out.

The servant went into an old house and walked down to the basement. A giant stone door stood there, and he turned and opened it to an underground lair. Shady characters turned to look at him enter, and one stood up.

"So, what did he command?"

"We are to find and eliminate the criminal group known as Akatsuki."

"Never heard of them." one guy said.

"Well, neither have I, but our lord feels they are a threat to his rule, and so we must eliminate those threats."

"I think the real threat are those three who left." Some one shouted.

"That is a forbidden subject, hold your tongue!" the servant ordered.

"Grandmaster, you know as well as the rest of us the danger those three pose to the empire."

"They stole the sword, along with all the things we did to make sure they could-"

"That's enough! They are not part of the mission, and so they are not a topic to discuss. These are your orders, now go!"

One assassin slipped a note to the other,"Read it after our mission. We'll all handle this situation ourselves."

The Grandmaster raised his arm,"For Lord Archaen!" he yelled. The other assassins echoed his cry and vanished, off to fulfill their mission.